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Fed Chair Jerome Powell Signals September Rate Cut in Jackson Hole Speech, Saying 'Balance of Risks' Is Shifting From Inflation to Layoffs

Powell delivered the guidance in a highly anticipated speech on Friday at the central bank's annual symposium in Jackson Hole ...

Stocks fall flat after interest rate announcement rally

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled on Friday that interest rates would be lowered at some point soon, rallying ...

Powell signals Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks remain

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming ...

Here are 4 ways lower interest rates could affect your personal finances

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted interest rate cuts could be coming soon in a speech on Friday, a move that could affect everyone from global markets to individual Americans.

Powell Sends Strongest Signal Yet That Interest Rate Cuts Are Coming

Jerome H. Powell said the “balance of risks” across the economy had started to shift, raising the odds the central bank ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell signals job market, inflation outlook could allow for interest rate cut

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the balance of risks to the labor market and inflation have shifted, signaling a ...

Powell says Fed may need to cut rates, will proceed carefully

The Fed chief cannot be removed over disputes about interest rate decisions. Powell, who was appointed to a second term in ...

Fed's Powell signals likely September interest rate cut, citing 'downside risks' to jobs

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled a likely interest rate cut in September, noting "downside risks" to employment.

Why a top economist agrees with Trump that Powell is too late in cutting interest rates

The Fed made a "huge mistake" not raising rates during the pandemic. Now it risks another blunder, top economist Mohamed ...

Fed officials point to August data as critical for looming interest-rate decision

So many Federal Reserve officials have said they are waiting for data over the next few weeks before deciding on a September ...